The saying 'Cocoa is Ghana, Ghana is Cocoa' portrays the important role cocoa plays in the economy of Ghana. Cocoa employs approximately 800,000 farm families spread over six of the ten regions of Ghana. The crop generates about $2 billion in foreign exchange annuall

The origins of coffee are more fairy tale than history. It's generally accepted that coffee originated from Ethiopia, but the story of Kaldi, a ninth century goat herder who noticed his flock was acting up after eating the bright red fruit of the Coffee arabica plant, is probably apocryphal.

It seems that coffee was first eaten as a food and only later was used as a beverage. The first brew was like wine. Fermented coffee berries were mixed with water to make an invigorating beverage. The first re